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Madras Native Association petition read in the House of Lords

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The Earl of Ellenborough read the Madras Native Association's catalogue of grievances in the House of Lords.

Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association in 1852, and it drew up a detailed statement of complaints about Company rule. This petition was forwarded to the British Parliament. On 25 February 1853 the Earl of Ellenborough read it out in the House of Lords. Alongside it came a petition from Manchester calling for India to be given a minister and council.

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